GRIME - Traits & Trait Ranks [v 1.1.5]

This is a guide for Casual Players as well as Completionists.

This guide lists all available Traits, which are obtainable via [enemy absorbtion].
The guide provides images, descriptions and rank-up infos for each individual Trait, while keeping spoilers as low as possible.

On-par with GRIME Version 1.1.5

General Information

As of game version 1.1.5

• There are 25 Traits in total
• No Trait is missable; all absorbable enemies respawn somewhere
• Most of the Traits have diminishing returns when ranking up
• There are more enemy types than 25, but not all of them can be absorbed to gain a Trait
• There's a total of round about 46 Hunt Points in the game (estimated)


This guide shows you which Traits are available in the game and from which enemies they can be absorbed, as well as the individual effects of each Trait Rank.
I keep spoilers low by not revealing enemy locations.
Bosses are not covered in this guide.

Traits Overview

There are 25 Traits in total (across 2 pages ingame).

(01) Frail Arm

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Any Parry restores 25% of total Force
2	2	Any Parry restores 35% of total Force
3	3	Any Parry restores 45% of total Force
4	4	Any Parry restores 55% of total Force
5	5	Any Parry restores 60% of total Force

(02) Boulderhead

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Parry Fail reduces 25% incoming damage
2	2	Parry Fail reduces 35% incoming damage
3	3	Parry Fail reduces 45% incoming damage
4	4	Parry Fail reduces 55% incoming damage
5	5	Parry Fail reduces 70% incoming damage

(03) Crawler

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Slow-walk to traverse crumbling floor tiles. No further rank-up

(04) Ancient Limb

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Repel Damage +100% Resonance bonus
2	2	Repel Damage +150% Resonance bonus
3	3	Repel Damage +200% Resonance bonus
4	4	Repel Damage +250% Resonance bonus
5	5	Repel Damage +300% Resonance bonus

(05) Frantic

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	2	Reveals some breakable walls & floors. No further rank-up

Mechanics: To not be confused by this Trait, it is important to know that there are 3 different types of secret walls / floors in the game:
1.) A simple black overlay that covers a passage or a part of the room. When coming close to it, that overlay simply disappears. Easy to spot.
2.) A white grey-ish cobblestone-looking wall / flooring, that is breakable with any weapon. Also easy to spot.
3.) An absolutely normal looking wall or floor, which apparently is breakable. This one is impossible to spot.
The Frantic Trait will ONLY reveal those secret walls / floors of type 3.
The visual cue when you are near such a secret wall or floor will be little moving rocks and dust coming out of the secret location.

(06) Wretch

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Ardor Bonus Damage 15% / 25% / 30%
2	2	Ardor Bonus Damage 25% / 35% / 40%
3	3	Ardor Bonus Damage 35% / 45% / 50%

(07) Skewer

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Echo damage +100% Resonance bonus
2	2	Echo damage +150% Resonance bonus
3	3	Echo damage +200% Resonance bonus
4	4	Echo damage +250% Resonance bonus
5	5	Echo damage +300% Resonance bonus

(08) Fledgling Yr

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	2	+15% damage after Repel
2	3	+25% damage after Repel
3	4	+30% damage after Repel
4	5	+35% damage after Repel

(09) Clawhound

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Perfect dodge restores 15% of total Force
2	2	Perfect dodge restore 25% of total Force
3	3	Perfect dodge restores 35% of total Force
4	4	Perfect dodge restores 45% of total Force
5	5	Perfect dodge restores 50% of total Force

(10) Eyebrute

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	+25% reflect damage
2	2	+50% reflect damage
3	3	+75% reflect damage
4	4	+100% reflect damage
5	5	+120% reflect damage

(11) Rockhead

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Max Health +10%
2	2	Max Health +20%
3	3	Max Health +30%
4	4	Max Health +35%
5	5	Max Health +40%

(12) Flower Fighter

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Force Regeneration +15%
2	2	Force Regeneration +30%
3	3	Force Regeneration +45%
4	4	Force Regeneration +60%
5	5	Force Regeneration +70%

(13) Leaper

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Max. Force +10%
2	2	Max. Force +20%
3	3	Max. Force +25%
4	4	Max. Force +30%

(14) Ravenous Rock

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	2	Ardor Gain +1
2	4	Ardor Gain +2

(15) Madrock

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	2	Parry Window +10%
2	3	Parry Window +20%
3	4	Parry Window +30%
4	5	Parry Window +40%
5	6	Parry Window +50%

(16) Creep

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	+15% backstab damage
2	2	+25% backstab damage
3	3	+35% backstab damage
4	4	+45% backstab damage
5	5	+50% backstab damage

(17) Root Walker

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	2	charged heal with 150% heal power
2	3	charged heal with 200% heal power

(18) Piercer

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	3	Pull drains a tiny bit of Breath; Pull damage vs grey HP +50% RES bonus
2	3	Pull drains a bit of Breath; Pull damage vs grey HP +100% RES bonus
3	3	Pull drains Breath; Pull damage vs grey HP +150% RES bonus
4	4	Pull drains more Breath; Pull damage vs grey HP +200% RES bonus

Mechanics: Any Pull damage against a red HP segment counts as absorb damage, therefore will always be maximum damage!
Any Pull damage against a grey HP segment counts as normal attack damage based on your Resonance stat.
So logically only your damage vs. grey segments increases with each Trait rank.

(19) Craver

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	2	Small cloud of Breath
2	3	Medium cloud of Breath
3	6	Large cloud of Breath

(20) Lurker

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Absorb heals 4% of max Health; Attack heals 4% of max Health after a Repel
2	2	Absorb heals 8% of max Health: Attack heals 8% of max Health after a Repel
3	3	Absorb heals 12% of max Health; Attack heals 12% of max Health after a Repel
4	4	Absorb heals 16% of max Health; Attack heals 16% of max Health after a Repel
5	5	Absorb heals 20% of max Health; Attack heals 20% of max Health after a Repel

(21) Shell Lurker

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	3	No Ardor loss when reaching your vessel. No further rank-up

(22) Tonguebrute

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	+20% damage after Pull
2	2	+40% damage after Pull
3	3	+55% damage after Pull
4	4	+70% damage after Pull
5	5	+80% damage after Pull

(23) Spinesnake

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	2	Significantly boosts Force Regeneration when healing.

Mechanics: Significantly boosts your Force Regeneration during your healing period (around 5 seconds). Your Force can basically not run out during that buff window.
Using the charged Instant Heal (Root Walker Trait) at the same time however nullifies this buff.

(24) Servant

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	Healing power +15%
2	2	Healing power +30%
3	3	Healing power +45%
4	4	Healing power +60%
5	5	Healing power +70%

(25) Apprentice

Rank	Grow Cost	Effect
1	1	+25% damage on low Health
2	2	+50% damage on low Health
3	3	+75% damage on low Health
4	4	+90% damage on low Health
5	5	+100% damage on low Health

[JolyJew СлаваУкраине]

i wish there was some commentary on the traits to see what's more important to level

[Majber]

me too

[CiaphasCain]

Subscribing to know when this gets updated as well.

[TreeRex11]

Hey, so the game has been through a MAJOR update, which you probably know, but could you maybe try updating this guide for Colors of Rot? Because not only are there new traits, the Piercer trait has been completely changed, so the guide is technically not even completely accurate anymore. I really would like to know the traits.

[Saint Lucifer]

@Mol: Then it's probably a bug.

[Mol]

I completed the game and defeated all Bosses and Mini Bosses!

[Saint Lucifer]

@Mol: Boss-traits (7) and Miniboss-traits (6) count as well towards the achievement.

[Mol]

Hey, I checked multiple times and found all Traits, do I need to upgrade all of them to get the achievement? Or is it enough to kill enough pray and my game is just buggy

[Saint Lucifer]

@RegisHead, @shling421: Thanks for the input. You were both right on the Spinesnake effect.
I just tested it ingame and the buff does provide a surprisingly huge force regena boost. Althought only for around 5 seconds. Could be more useful than I initially thought in tough boss fights.

[shling421]

Spinesnake Effect: Force Regen when continue-healing effect is on. No matter you attacking or dashing.
e.g. player could smash attack while healing is on without out of force.